From:Giving Thanks to Our Heroes This Holiday NOVEMBER 24, 2009 AT 11:50 AM ET BY DR. JILL BIDEN
On October 24, and the CDC said more than 1,000 had died from the flu. President Obama declared a national emergency.[132][116][133] On December 10, 2009, the CDC reported an estimated 50 million Americans or 1 in 6 had been infected and 10,000 had died
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